'Scoop' Rescheduled for Books & Brunch, Noon Jan. 16

The event was rescheduled because of the snow storm. The new date coincides with DC Restaurant Week, so participants will be able to enjoy the traditional brunch selections and also special prices for lunch.

Drawing on Waugh’s own experiences in covering the Italian-Ethiopian war in the 1930s, the novel tells the tale of William Boot, a nature writer for “The Daily Beast” who is accidentally dispatched to Ishmaelia, then on the brink of civil war. Boot eventually gets his scoop, but only after a series of misadventures that make this one of the best-known books about journalism.